Seattle, WA - (February 25, 2015) - Sun Valley Film Festival selects Noren Film’s latest documentary on the Idaho BDR for 2015 lineup. The screening will take place on March 5th at 1:30 pm, and is a part of the Festival’s special selection of 10 films shot in Idaho.

Join the BDR team, other industry professionals and ADV enthusiasts for the second annual BDR Desert Fundraiser, and help raise funds required to continue to create new routes and preserve riding opportunities for the ADV community.

Join us for an evening of film and adventure at the IDBDR Movie Premiere event hosted by your local dealership. Experience challenging riding on remote backcountry roads covering 1,250 miles through the state of Idaho. Discover stunning mountain ranges, old west mining towns, isolated lookout towers, natural hot springs, rich history, and friendly people. Below is the schedule of IDBDR movie premieres taking place at motorcycle dealerships across the U.S.

Seattle, WA - (January 14, 2015) Organizing your next motorcycle adventure just got easier with the release of the Idaho Backcountry Discovery Route (IDBDR), the latest in the BDR series of trans-state routes created for dual-sport and adventure motorcycle travel. The IDBDR release includes free GPS tracks and route travel information available on the BDR website, a waterproof map from Butler Motorcycle Maps, and expedition DVD produced by Noren Films.

The temporary closure in Sec 1 of the AZBDR near the Empire Ranch has been re-routed. You may now download the NEW gps tracks which will have the new route included. This new section is right after you travel through the sand section that is mentioned on the Butler Map in Sec 1.

Backcountry Discovery Routes is announcing its Membership Program! The goal of the BDR Membership Program is to help fund the creation of future routes and to give the community a way to help preserve off-pavement riding opportunities. Do your part to preserve off-pavement adventure riding opportunities by becoming a BDR member today.

If the cold weather has you depressed that riding season is over, cheer up and get ready for next year with a special deal on Colorao Motorcycle Adventures' Backcountry Discovery Route tours! Register now for a 2015 Backcountry Discovery Route tour and CMA will knock $200 off your price. This offer ends on December 31, 2014 and it is not available in conjunction with other discount offers.

Black Dog Cycle Works (BDCW) has partnered with the Backcountry Discovery Routes organization to promote a "bucket list" of destinations for the adventure riding community. An Idaho resident, BDCW owner Kurt Forgét has shared some of his best secret motorcycle roads, and has generously volunteered his time to help scout parts of the IDBDR. He also joined the BDR team for parts of the IDBDR expedition held in August and will appear as a guest character in the IDBDR movie that comes out in January 2015.

Temporary Route change in Section One of the AZBDR. All riders who are traveling the AZBDR in section one please make the following adjustment. When you get to the Empire Ranch Headquarters which is approximately 12.5 miles north from Sonoita gas stop please use the AZ1 Easy Alt to Avoid Sand track.

Adventure Motorcycle (ADVMoto) magazine covers the fast growing world of adventure sport and touring riding. As the BDR sponsor, ADVMoto is offering BDR fans 20% off one year of print or digital subscription. Visit the ADVMoto Subscription Page to sign up using the promo code "ADVBDR."

Whether you are headed to the boardroom or the backcountry, ExOfficio has great looking functional casual apparel. Recognizing that there are many roads to adventure, ExOfficio recently became the official apparel sponsor of the Idaho Backcountry Discovery Route.
ExOfficio is outfitting the IDBDR expedition team for the upcoming IDBDR documentry, and team members will report back on their favourite ExOfficio items for motorcycle travel.

We are excited to announce that the legendary American motorcycle brand Wolfman Motorcycle Luggage is lending their support to the Backcountry Discovery Routes organization by sponsoring the IDBDR project.

One of our favorite motorcycle events of the summer is almost here. The 2014 Touratech Rally will take place Thursday, June 26th through Sunday, June 29th in Plain, WA. This year's rally will be held in conjunction with the Washington Overland Rally and will include camping, classes, GPS tracks, guided rides and entertaining guest speakers. BDR will be participating along with over 75 other vendors. If you're planning to attend the rally, stop by the BDR booth to see what we've been up to and get a BDR sticker for your bike.

RawHyde Adventures is regarded as the top enduro-training program in the country. We are excited to announce that RawHyde has offered support to the Backcountry Discovery Routes non-profit organization, and has added the Colorado Backcountry Discovery Route Expedition to their menu of inspiring rides. The COBDR tour participants referred by BDR will receive a free COBDR Map & DVD.

The crew at Backcountry Discovery Routes is at it again. We are currenty working on our fifth BDR, a south-to-north route across the state of Idaho that will be the longest BDR to date. The final route will be well over 1,000 miles of mostly non-paved track, beginning in the old western town of Jarbidge Nevada, meandering through the west side of the Idaho Rocky Mountains on the way to the Canadian Border at the Idaho Panhandle. The release of the IDBDR movie, Butler Map and free GPS tracks is scheduled for January 2015.

There is a road closure due to a road construction and culvert replacement in Section 8 (mis-labeled section 9 on the back of AZBDR Map) just east of FS 139A and when you turn onto FS 95. To get around this construction, don't turn onto FS 139A and just continue on FS 139. FS 139 will go north and reconnect with the route on FS95. At this time the Forest Service has no idea when this construction will be complete.

If you've you been looking for a Backcountry Discovery Route tour that allows you to experience a beautiful ride at an affordable price, then this tour is for you. Join Colorado Motorcycle Adventures and Wolfman Luggage on a scouting tour of the Utah Backcountry Discovery Route, as they preview this ride for a full 5-star tour offering in the summer of 2015.

In late March, the BDR organization held its first fundraising event, the Wickenburg Desert Ride. Operating out of a private oasis in the desert known as the Boyd Ranch, participants were treated to luxury camping, three meals a day from the chuck wagon and guided rides in some of Arizona’s best backcountry terrain. Read the full report, and get your name on the list for next year's event.

River Pilot Tours is organizing the first guided tour of the Utah Backcountry Discovery Route, June 21-28, 2014. The UTBDR is a wonderful ride filled with landscapes and riding sections that are unique in the U.S.A. The opportunity to ride through high mountains, deserts and around Moab is unparalleled. This is a fully guided and supported tour for those interested in seeing this route with all of the comfort and accuracy available.

The AZBDR Documentary DVD & Map set was selected as the 2014 Nifty 50 Award Winner by the Powersports Business﻿ editors. The winning products and services were chosen because of their potential to help dealers succeed in 2014. The AZBDR DVD and Maps are available for sale starting March 1, 2014 at Touratech-USA and Butler Motorcycle Maps.

Like what the BDR organization is doing? Here is your chance to give something back. Join the BDR team, other industry professionals and ADV enthusiasts, and help raise funds required to continue to create new routes and preserve riding opportunities for the ADV community. If you like riding ADV bikes in the desert, enjoying professionally catered meals, drinking post-ride beverages in a wild-west saloon or sitting around a campfire under a star-filled sky, this event is for you!

The guys at the Colorado Motorcycle Adventures have put together a 5-star COBDR tour for July 12-18, that includes a fully equipped ADV bike rental, hotel accommodations, two daily meals, support vehicle, and incredible riding opportunities along the COBDR -- all without the hassle of planning the logistics required for such a trip. The COBDR Tour is limited to ONLY 10 riders, so register today before your opportunity is gone!

Seattle, WA - (January 23, 2013) – If you like riding ADV bikes in the desert, enjoying professionally catered meals, drinking post-ride beverages in a wild-west saloon or sitting around a campfire under a star-filled sky, this event is for you!

Seattle, WA - (January 10th, 2013) Winter is the perfect time to set your sights on that bucket list, and start planning your next motorcycle escape. For riding ideas look no further than the non-profit Backcountry Discovery Routes, and their latest project, the Arizona Backcountry Discovery Route (AZBDR). The AZBDR is the fourth installment in the Backcountry Discovery Routes series of trans-state routes created for dual-sport and adventure motorcycle travel.

We have great news about the AZBDR project. The AZBDR movie, the Butler Motorycle Map and free GPS tracks will be released on March 1, 2014. We're currently working on organizing the AZBDR movie premieres at motorcycle dealerships across the US. If you are in the ADV community and want to see the AZBDR movie in your town, call your local motorycle dealer and tell them to host the AZBDR movie premiere at their dealership.

Join us this summer for the first annual 'WABDR Week,' a four day journey along the Washington Backcountry Discovery Route with other ADV motorcycle enthusiasts. We'll start at Touratech-USA's Seattle showroon on Wednesday, September 12th and finish the following Sunday, September 15th in Foggy Dew.

Our friends at PSSOR are offering their last of the season WABDR Training Camp on August 21, 22, 23, 2013. PSS Off Road BDR Camp is a multi-day training event run by expert and professional adventure riders, designed for entry level and moderately experienced adventure riders on appropriately equipped adventure and dualsport motorcycles. You will receive pre-training then be escorted along some parts of the WABDR route and build the needed skills on-the-go.

The 10th Annual KTM Adventure Rider Rally is being held on September 13-15, 2013 near the COBDR route in Steamboat Springs, CO. This year’s rally offers unbelievable adventure riding opportunities and the chance to demo the new KTM 1190 Adventure and 1190 Adventure R models before they hit dealer showroom floors.

Backcountry Discovery Routes President, Paul Guillien, will be giving two BDR presentations at the BMW MOA Rally in Salem, OR. Join us on Thursday, July 18th from 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm at the Cascade 2 or on Saturday, July 20th from 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm at the FAA Pavilion to learn about BDR routes through the states of Washington, Utah and Colorado and future BDR projects.

After living on Kate's Real Food Bars for two weeks during our AZBDR documentary expedition, we've declared them the ultimate Adventure Motorcycling Food Bar!
If you haven't yet tried Kate's Real Food Bars, now is your chance. Get 20% OFF when you use code "BDR" at check out on Kate's website.

The scouting is coming along nicely for the Arizona Backcountry Discovery Route. Our tireless Scouting Master and BDR Board Member Rob Watt reports that this route is truly a "Backcountry" route with lots of two-track and remote roads.

Apr 23, 2015 (12:00pm) thru Apr 26, 2015 (12:00pm)

Join the BDR team, other industry professionals and ADV enthusiasts for the second annual BDR Desert Fundraiser, and help raise funds required to continue to create new routes and preserve riding opportunities for the ADV community.

May 2, 2015 thru May 9, 2015

Don't miss out on the 2015 AZBDR tours with Colorado Motorcycle Adventures! They are offering two tours - AZBDR and AZBDR LITE (easier) version that happen on the same dates. The tour will be led by none other than the route designer, and Backcountry Discovery Route board member, Rob Watt.

Jun 6, 2015

Join us for an evening of film and adventure at the Riverside, CA premiere of the IDBDR Movie hosted by BMW Motorcyces of Riverside. Experience challenging riding on remote backcountry roads covering 1,250 miles through the state of Idaho. Discover stunning mountain ranges, old west mining towns, isolated lookout towers, natural hot springs, rich history, and friendly people.

Jul 11, 2015 thru Jul 17, 2015

Don't miss out on the 2015 COBDR tours with Colorado Motorcycle Adventures! Their 2014 tour sold out in record time, and this year they are offering two tours - COBDR and COBDR LITE version that happen on the same dates. These are all inclusive 5-start tours, so don't miss your opportunity to ride some of the most scenic routes in all of the USA in 2015 and start planning now!

Jul 18, 2015 thru Jul 27, 2015

The River Pilot Utah Backcountry Discovery Route tour proceeds through the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, southwest Wyoming, the phenomenal Moab region, Abajo Peak, Montezuma Canyon and picturesque Monument Valley. The tour is a combination of self guided and supported riding with breakfast, lunch and snacks provided throughout the day. Riders can leave their luggage in the support van and focus on riding without the extra weight.

Sep 5, 2015 thru Sep 12, 2015

Don't miss out on the 2015 UTBDR tours with Colorado Motorcycle Adventures! They are offering two tours - UTBDR and UTBDR LITE (easier) version that happen on the same dates. The tour will be led by the president and owner of Wolfman Luggage, Eric Hougen.